Iberia energy firm’s port expansion

DELCAMBRE, La. - Gov. John Bel Edwards and Bagwell Energy Services CEO Rodger Bagwell announced Jan. 28 that the company will create 150 new jobs in the over the next five years, and make a $2.5M capital investment at its Port of Delcambre fabrication center in Iberia Parish. Bagwell Energy Services is situated on the Iberia Parish side of the Twin Parish Port District of Iberia and Vermilion parishes, also known as the Port of Delcambre. Bagwell will expand its services to the chemical manufacturing and liquefied natural gas processing industries, and serve its offshore and onshore oil and gas customers. The expansion project will add precision fabrication equipment for process industry piping and vessels, install new bridge cranes, and build a 15,000-square-foot addition to its fabrication center and a 4,000-square-foot addition to its painting-and-blasting facility. (Source: La. Economic Development 01/25/19)